Kontinental Hockey League

E17482

Eurasian sports organization professional ice hockey league sports league

The Kontinental Hockey League is a premier Eurasian professional ice hockey league widely regarded as the strongest competition outside the NHL.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eurasian sports organization → professional ice hockey league → sports league →
abbreviation	KHL →
allowsForeignPlayers	yes →
broadcastArea	international →
championshipTrophy	Gagarin Cup →
competitionFormat	regular season and playoffs →
conference	Eastern Conference → Western Conference →
country	Belarus → China → Kazakhstan → Latvia → Russia →
currencyOfSalaries	Russian ruble →
followsRules	IIHF ice hockey rules with modifications →
foundedBy	Russian Ice Hockey Federation → Russian Superleague clubs →
governingBody	KHL Board of Directors →
hasAllStarGame	yes →
hasDraft	KHL Junior Draft →
hasFeederLeague	Supreme Hockey League →
hasJuniorLeague	Junior Hockey League (MHL) →
hasLanguage	English → Russian →
hasSalaryCap	yes →
headquartersCountry	Russia →
headquartersLocation	Moscow →
inception	2008 →
levelOnPyramid	top tier →
namedAfter	Yuri Gagarin →
numberOfTeams	varies around 22 to 24 →
organizesEvent	Gagarin Cup playoffs → KHL All-Star Game →
region	Eurasia →
replaced	Russian Superleague →
reputation	strongest ice hockey league outside the NHL →
seasonDuration	approximately from September to April →
seasonStructure	divisions and conferences →
sport	ice hockey →
timeZoneCoverage	multiple time zones across Eurasia →
typeOfTeams	professional clubs →
usesRinkSize	international-sized ice rink →
website	https://en.khl.ru →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alex Ovechkin → Andrei Markov → Dynamo Moscow → Dynamo Moscow → Gagarin Cup → HC Dynamo Moscow → HC Lev Praha → KHL All-Star Game → KHL Junior Draft → Lokomotiv Yaroslavl → Pavol Demitra → Sergei Fyodorov →	league
Andrei Markov ("KHL") → Maxim Afinogenov ("KHL") → Pavol Demitra → Ľubomír Višňovský →	playedIn
Dynamo Moscow → HC Lev Praha ("KHL") → KHL Western Conference →	governingBody
Alexander Semin → Ilya Kovalchuk → Maxim Afinogenov →	leagueParticipatedIn
Mike Keenan → Oleg Znarok →	leagueCoachedIn
Andrei Vasilevskiy → Valeri Kamensky →	leaguePlayedIn
KHL All-Star Game → KHL Junior Draft →	organizer
Sergei Zubov → Yan Stastny →	playedInLeague
Kontinental Hockey League ("KHL") →	abbreviation
Gagarin Cup →	competition
Ice Hockey Federation of Russia →	coordinatesWith
KHL All-Star Game →	firstHeldInLeague
HC Slovan Bratislava →	formerLeague
KHL Western Conference →	foundedBy
Gagarin Cup ("KHL") →	governingOrganization
KHL Board of Directors →	governs
Alexander Semin ("KHL") →	hasPlayedIn
Jokerit →	leagueParticipation
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov →	participantIn
KHL Western Conference →	partOf
Gagarin Cup →	presentedBy
Andrei Vasilevskiy →	professionalDebutLeague
Russian Superleague →	reorganizedInto
Russian Superleague →	replacedBy
Russian Superleague →	successor
Mike Keenan ("KHL") →	teamCoachedLevel
Ice Palace Saint Petersburg →	tenantLeague